Reviews tagging 'Slavery'

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

46 reviews

beebrainn's review

adventurous dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I remember reading this series as the movies were coming out and i absolutely loved it. coming back to it now as a fan of the dark and gritty dystopian novels, i’ve fallen in love with it once again.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Violence, Medical content, and Gore

Moderate: Grief, Confinement, Animal death, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Abandonment, Mental illness, Slavery, Genocide, Emotional abuse, Classism, Addiction, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, and Gore

Minor: Suicide attempt, Suicide, Cannibalism, Death of parent, War, and Suicidal thoughts

jamiecl's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Blood, Murder, Death, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Moderate: Grief, War, Medical content, Slavery, and Genocide

Minor: Death of parent

boglord's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Murder, Alcoholism, Classism, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Grief, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Addiction, Alcohol, Violence, Child abuse, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Body horror, Slavery, Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, Animal cruelty, Confinement, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Ableism, Police brutality, Cannibalism, and Pregnancy

ladybanecourt's review

challenging emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

✨5/5✨

First solid five of the year for me! It's simply a book that I couldn't put down once I started reading, had to force myself away a few times because of things and all. But it's definitely one its way to becoming one of my favorite series—we'll see!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Police brutality, Murder, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Alcoholism, Suicide attempt, and Medical trauma

Minor: Ableism

leanna_moser's review

adventurous challenging emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

Re-read.

Incredibly deep for YA.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Child death, and Classism

Moderate: Alcoholism

Minor: Death of parent, War, and Slavery

kwallace22's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

This book was so great I would even put it in one of the greatest of all times list. This book completely changed the way I read books. The 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Murder, Death of parent, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Genocide, Child death, Slavery, Physical abuse, War, Child abuse, Violence, Death, Colonisation, and Blood

lubejuice's review

emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Mental illness, Slavery, Police brutality, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Animal death, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, Child death, Body shaming, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Colonisation, Alcohol, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Addiction, Blood, Chronic illness, Classism, Violence, Torture, and Physical abuse

bluberrybooks's review

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, War, Violence, Death of parent, Death, Child death, and Slavery

Minor: Medical content

meganpinkerton's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Gore, Grief, Medical content, Murder, Police brutality, War, Alcoholism, Addiction, Child death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Torture, Violence, Alcohol, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Blood, Slavery, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Cannibalism

Minor: Vomit

mermaidsherbet's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Classism, Death, and Child abuse

Moderate: Murder, Genocide, Body horror, Violence, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Cannibalism, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Police brutality, Torture, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Grief, Medical trauma, Toxic friendship, Slavery, War, Xenophobia, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Addiction, Animal death, Blood, and Medical content